: Mask link not working I have a layer linked to a layer mask. If I select an part of my layer and move it, the layer mask does not move. Any idea why this is happening? I'm using Photoshop

@Murray976

select [a] part of my layer


That's the key point.

Selections are relative to the layer or the mask, not both. A selection (marching ants) will always either move a piece of the layer it encompasses or the piece of the layer mask it encompasses. It will never adjust both the mask and the layer.

By creating a selection, Photoshop assumes you are working on ether the mask or the layer, since you can't paint on both at the same time, you can make a selection on both at the same time either. This is just how Photoshop functions, and always has.

If you wish to move a portion of the image after its been masked, then apply the layer mask, or .... duplicate the layer, move whatever you want to move and then adjust the mask on the duplicate to show what you want it to show.

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